“…Despite gelechiid larvae causing most damage to tubers, and often severe damage in potato storage facilities, the mechanisms of resistance in potato foliage are considerably better understood than resistance mechanisms in tuber (Gurr 1995;Musmeci et al 1997;Tingey 1999, 2000). Furthermore, good progress has been made in breeding for resistance to above-ground damage through introgression with trichome-bearing wild potato species (Plais- On dead potato leaves and in the soil close to host plant in the field; On tubers in storage (Traynier 1975;Das et al 1993aDas et al , 1993b Often greater fitness on potato tubers compared to foliage, will also feed on tomato, eggplant and other Solanaceous crops (Traynier 1975;Raman and Palacios 1982) Damage to shallow and exposed tubers particularly in irrigated fields of warm regions; Severe damage to stored potatoes in cooler Andean regions ( On above-ground foliage (Pereyra and Sanchez 2006) Tomato preferred over potato, not known to feed on tubers, feeds on a variety of other Solanaceous crops and wild plants (Pereyra and Sanchez 2006) Mines leaves, fruits, flowers, buds, and stems (Pereyra and Sanchez 2006) ted et Malakar and Tingey 1999).…”